[HTML][HTML] Considerations for diagnostic COVID-19 tests

O Vandenberg, D Martiny, O Rochas… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
During the early phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, design,
development, validation, verification and implementation of diagnostic tests were actively …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of viral, host, and environmental factors

EA Meyerowitz, A Richterman, RT Gandhi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally in a few short months …

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ZJ Madewell, Y Yang, IM Longini… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the
transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Objectives …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: A living systematic review and meta-analysis

D Buitrago-Garcia, D Egli-Gany, MJ Counotte… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background There is disagreement about the level of asymptomatic severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We conducted a living systematic review …

On the effect of age on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in households, schools, and the community

E Goldstein, M Lipsitch, M Cevik - The Journal of infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background There is limited information on the effect of age on the transmission of SARS-
CoV-2 infection in different settings. Methods We reviewed published studies/data on …

Oral nirmatrelvir–ritonavir as postexposure prophylaxis for Covid-19

J Hammond, C Yunis, RJ Fountaine… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Clinical trials of treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have not
shown a significant benefit of postexposure prophylaxis. Methods We conducted a phase 2 …

Factors associated with household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

ZJ Madewell, Y Yang, IM Longini… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A previous systematic review and meta-analysis of household transmission of
SARS-CoV-2 that summarized 54 published studies through October 19, 2020, found an …

Underdetection of cases of COVID-19 in France threatens epidemic control

G Pullano, L Di Domenico, CE Sabbatini, E Valdano… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
As countries in Europe gradually relaxed lockdown restrictions after the first wave, test–trace–
isolate strategies became critical to maintain the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 …

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and transmission risk factors among high-risk close contacts: a retrospective cohort study

OT Ng, K Marimuthu, V Koh, J Pang, KZ Linn… - The Lancet infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The proportion of asymptomatic carriers and transmission risk factors of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among household and non …

What is an aerosol-generating procedure?

M Klompas, M Baker, C Rhee - JAMA surgery, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has brought renewed urgency to the question of what constitutes
an aerosolgenerating procedure. Public health agencies have long noted that certain …